Down to Earth

International Campaign for Ecological Justice in Indonesia

Down to Earth monitors and campaigns on environmental issues impact on human and social life in Indonesia. We also support civil society groups and the international mouthpiece for them at the level of government, foreign companies, aid agencies and international funding agency.
Our main focus is the rural poor and indigenous communities outside Java, especially their rights in determining their own future. DTE is a project based in the UK.

New satellite will provide photographs of the surface of the Earth with high resolution for display on Google Earth. Digital Globe is partnering with Google will launch a satellite named Worldview I was.

Together with the previous satellite, Quick bird, both will provide half resolution and collect photos covering 600 thousand square kilometers every day. Collection as much as it previously could only be collected for more than a week.

In addition, objects on the surface of the Earth will be highlighted until the magnification up to a height of three meters to 7.5 meters. Even with the reference point in magnifying the surface of the Earth can be enhanced up to two meters.

"Worldview I would encourage the collection of a collection of photographs and accelerate our company's increasing number of archives, which until now is the most commercial archive of satellite imagery in the world," said Chief Executive Digiyal Globe, Jill Smith. He said the archives of satellite imagery and air in his library of more than 300 million square kilometers.

Worldview first satellite launch is the first stage of a series of other satellite launches to strengthen the ability of sensing the surface of the Earth. Quick bird satellite orbit is expected to run out the two or three more years will soon be replaced Worldview II satellite. When this third satellite launched, Digital Globe will collect photos of one million square kilometers every day with high resolution.

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Reboot Yourself: Press Cntrl-Alt-Delete

An Innovative Approach

Like computers, we have many things happen in our lives that can cause us and we lost to crash or freeze up where things are in the habit or do not feel motivated. Just as we are computers, there are some buttons you can push for you to get out of situations and pressing the right buttons you can move towards independent innovation and change your country is not motivated.

You must be wondering why I have a button control-Alt-Delete as an example for this post. Well, like computers, we can be caught and filled with processes that tend to freeze us. Sometimes no matter how long we wait for something to happen, things just seem to go too slow. In life, you also have the option of Control - Alt and Delete to produce better results. See what I mean below:

* CTRL

Control-In life, things that come our way that we can not control, but one thing we can control is our attitude. We can choose to learn from our barriers and let us not be overcome and accept it as a lesson or as they say, "if it does not kill you, it makes you" strong. If you do not feel motivated to control the situation by adjusting your attitude that if you do not feel motivated. Look for new ways to create yourself or what you do.

When we act as a cruise control robot, that things can get pretty boring, but we have the power to encourage us sendiri "control" button, as we get out of our comfort zone and opening to the challenge of different actions that will give us back the sense of motivation in our lives. You have full control of what you do every day, you can choose to do what is necessary, or you can search for a new opportunity, a volunteer for various projects, the mentors, fix what you are doing ... You have full control, just press that button.

* ALT

Alternative-Ok, ALT key real alternative, but in this case lets say it stands for an alternative. If you're not motivated, looking for alternatives to make you re-power and motivation. If you keep doing what you do, but it keeps you motivated to stay like this. You will feel trapped because you do not look for a different path to take instead of you continue to do what makes you feel unmotivated. Adjust your attitude, with a positve mind as an alternative, or thick and finding your passions, but if you press no alternative, you'll keep getting what we have now.
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* DELETE

Remove-We are more than ever, and as a computer with multiple processes running in the background of our minds, can freeze and create a state unmotivation. You have the opportunity to press their "delete key" and delete the negative things in your life. Analyze what makes you feel sad or unmotivated and delete it. Replace them with things that motivate you and positive thoughts. You streamline processes and cut B.S. You're just frozen, and free yourself from having unnecessary thoughts and activities in your life.

Remember, you have control "attitude" towards your things. You always have the "Alternative" and you can always cut, actions and thoughts of fat removed by pressing the "delete" button. If you press the three as you would on your computer, you will practice personal innovation and finding creative ways to live a productive and motivated by a reboot yourself and improve yourself currently frozen.

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